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Spiritual Reflection

“But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.”

 The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 8:3 

Terrific Tuesday (November 2025)

Walking with the Wesley’s (Part 2)

Tuesday, November 11 from 4:45 PM – 7 PM

Join us for a wonderful evening at our newly renovated Fellowship Center as we continue this season of "Walking with the Wesleys." Together, we'll discover the rich heritage of the Wesley family, exploring how their deep faith shaped not only their lives but also the foundation of the Methodist movement. We'll also take a closer look at Wesleyan theology – centered on God's grace – and how that grace continues to shape our church today.

Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy a warm meal, great fellowship, and inspiring teaching in our refreshed and welcoming space. We can't wait to see you there!

Doors open at 4:45 PM, and the program begins at 5:45 PM.

Menu: Parmesan-encrusted Chicken Breast Cutlets, Wild Rice, Green Beans, Dinner Roll, and Pecan Pie with Whipped Cream.

Registration is required ($14). If you need assistance registering, please contact Ashley Hill, First Impressions Manager.

Surviving the Holidays

Sunday, November 9 at 2 PM in the Chapel

Surviving the Holidays is a workshop for those who are facing the upcoming season of holidays without someone dear to them. Grief is a powerful emotion that we can learn tools to help us get through holidays and other important dates. 

Correction​​​ - please note the correct time frame, it is from 2-4 PM Sunday, November 9 with Pastor Jeff Vermilya as your host!

Hope and Healing Service

Sunday, December 7 at 3 PM in the Chapel

The Hope and Healing Service is a meditative time to reflect on the emotions of the holidays as well as the loss of a loved one. We are grateful to offer this time together as a time of healing and hope to soothe your soul.



For any questions, please contact Sharon Weimert, Care Coordinator, using the button below.

Women’s Monthly Gathering (November 2025)

“Thanksgiving Bells and Blessings”

Thursday, November 20 from 10 AM – 11:30 AM (with lunch to follow)

"Come ye thankful, people come!" The November Women’s Ministry program facilitated by Lynn Van Veelan will help us ring in the Thanksgiving season with bells and blessings. We’ll ring for joy with a fashion show and rejoice to the sound of bells by the Village Ringers under the direction of Bonnie Fisher — and there’s more! We hope that you will join us!

If you wish to donate to the mission project this month, we ask that you bring a can of Campbell’s soup or any other brand to be donated to local area food pantries.

Menu: Campbell’s Tomato Soup with all the Fixings, Three Cheese Sandwiches – grilled to perfection – with garnish, and Pumpkin Pie with Whipped Cream. (Menu subject to change based on food availability.)

Registration is required ($12). If you have any questions or need help with registering, please contact Pat Hill, Care Coordinator - Discipleship.

Celebration Brass Band “Versatile Brass”

Sunday, November 23 at 6 PM in the Fellowship Center

The Celebration Brass Band presents "Versatile Brass," a concert presenting a potpourri of original works for brass band along with skillful arrangements and transcriptions. This stunning concert will dazzle you with true versatility including compositions by Gustav Holst, Bruce Broughton, John Williams, Joseph Jenkins, James Curnow, Ken Downie among others as well as a piece featuring Mr. John Morgan, Principal Euphonium.

The Celebration Brass Band is modeled on a British Brass Band tradition dating from the mid 1800's. As the Industrial Revolution emerged in the British Isles, factory, mill, and coal mine owners began forming social groups for their newly hired workers that would keep them from drinking their wages away and provide interest and purpose. Competitions between sponsoring owners became a serious challenge, resulting in an increase in musical proficiency. The tradition soon spread to other parts of the world. In the USA the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA) has 70 registered British-style brass bands. Many compete in the Spring of each year through graded sections for the coveted title of that section's NABBA Champion.

The Celebration Brass Band has been in existence for over 16 years and is made up for the most part of Villagers who have either made their career in music, or have established themselves as brass or percussion players. The season begins in October and consists of weekly rehearsals and performance opportunities through the end of April.

As Music Director Lew Buckley says, "We always enjoy playing at New Covenant United Methodist Church, and our audience is so appreciative. This concert will again delight the listener while sharing the uniquely wonderful sounds and textures of the British style Brass Band." Get your tickets now; you don't want to miss out!

Generosity

A generous person will prosper; whosoever refreshes others will be refreshed. (Proverbs 11:25)

Doesn’t that sound nice? Being refreshed and prospering, who wouldn’t want that! God’s gift to us when we give to others can be very uplifting; it warms our hearts and is good for the soul. We have many ways at the church that you can be generous through your time, talents and yes, your giving of tithes and offerings. Try it, you might want to do it every day.

Legacy Giving

Rooted in faith, blessings for tomorrow, as we give thanks today.

Men's Ministry Retreat (November 2025)

Wednesday, November 12 from 8 AM – 2 PM in the Fellowship Center

Pastor Jeff Vermilya will be our guest speaker for a special day reflecting on the passage from Mark 2:2-12, titled "Picking Up Your Mat"! Pastor Jeff has outlined three points in this transformative passage:

1. Getting to the house and the roof
2. Getting through the roof
3. Taking up your mat

Let’s pray as we approach the retreat that God will offer us just what we need to be able to go forth more fully as the hands, feet, and voice of Jesus! 

Light breakfast and full lunch will be provided. We hope you will join us and invite a friend to come along for this important day in our Men’s Ministry. 

Registration is required ($20). For more information, please contact Pat Hill, Coordinator, Care-Discipleship.

Fall Food Drive for Wildwood Food Pantry

Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16

Please support the Wildwood Food Pantry's Fall Food Drive. Volunteers will place bags on your car/golf cart this weekend (November 7–8) and will pick up your bags of food donations next weekend (November 15–16). Please place the bag of food next to your car or golf cart.

Also, throughout the week, there are bins that are conveniently located in both the East and West Narthexes for food donations.

Current needs include: canned fruit, canned soups, canned tuna and chicken, canned vegetables, cereal, flavored pastas (Hamburger Helper, Rice-A-Roni, Pasta Sides), macaroni & cheese, peanut butter & jelly, SpagettiOs, RavioliOs, etc., and spaghetti sauce.

Let's help families thrive, not just survive by supporting the food drive.  

Giving in the Spirit

During the New Covenant Season of Giving, you have the opportunity from November 1 – 30 to give a monetary donation to an outreach ministry that impacts so many in our community, both locally and around the world. Giving in the Spirit provides a very meaningful way to bless others and share the joy of Christmas through giving to 19 different ministries.

To participate, pick up a booklet at the Welcome Center, at an entrance to the Christian Life Center during weekend worship, or in the Administration Building during the week. Complete the form inside the booklet and put the form and your donation in the envelope by Friday, November 28 to the Administration office, or place it in the offering basket during worship services by Sunday, November 30.

You may also make a donation online by Sunday, November 30 using the button below.

The total donations to all outreach ministries that were listed in the booklet last year was $94,000.

Veterans Day Parade at The Villages Charter School

Tuesday, November 11 at 8 AM

New Covenant will participate in The Veterans Day Parade at The Villages Charter School Buffalo Ridge Campus Primary Center.  If you are a veteran, we would love for you to join us. Please arrive at the Primary Center at 8 AM.

If you have friends or family who are veterans, invite them to join our parade. Please bring your driver’s license so you can check into the building. If you are able, wear your uniform to the parade. We also ask that you make a sign with the branch you served in, as well as your time in service. 

We believe this is a wonderful opportunity for all of us to participate in honoring all who have served our country. Students will learn through this wonderful event the importance of showing gratitude for those who have served.

If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Donna Hendren.

Holy Land Tour 2026

Pastor Harold will be leading another trip to the Holy Land from April 13 – 22, 2026.

If you are interested in knowing more about the tour and "walking in Jesus’s footsteps," Pastor Harold will lead an Information Meeting on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 9 AM in the Chapel. (If you can’t attend in person, the meeting will also be live streamed for your convenience on the New Covenant website.)

You can download a brochure by clicking on the link below.

Solo Sisters in Spirit (November 2025)

Thursday, November 13, from 3 PM to 5 PM in Classroom 6 & 7

Our guest speaker this month will be Kristen Hubbard, a Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Educator with The Villages Health to guide us to “Healthy Holiday Eating.”

Please register so we have enough chairs for everyone.  Also, bring a friend, who is also a Solo Sister. If you have any questions, contact Sharon Weimert, Care Coordinator.

Wesley Heritage Tour 2026

John Wesley was a man with tremendous Christian conviction and meaning. In the early 1700s, little did he realize he would start a movement that would evolve into the Methodist church. His vision would impact millions of people around the world. Pastor Harold will lead a tour from September 23 to October 1, 2026 that will trace our Wesley heritage and visit some of the key sites that influenced the early Methodist Church. If you are interested in knowing more, you can pick up a trip brochure located at “Welcome Center” in our East narthex or you can click on the link below and download the brochure.

Pastor Harold is planning an information meeting to give more details about this tour to England on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 9 AM in the Chapel. (If you can’t attend in person, the meeting will also be live streamed for your convenience on the New Covenant website.)

MOAMI Class of 2026

Thursdays, January 15 – March 26, 2026



MOAMI (Moving On: Always Master Inspired) is a powerful hands-on-class that uses Biblical principles to help women strengthen their relationship with God, develop supportive friendships with other women, learn strategies to successfully move through changes, discover their unique gifts, explore their purpose, and have fun with like-minded women.

The first class (January 15) is a Kickoff from 11 AM – 4 PM, and the last class (March 26) is a Celebration from 11 AM – 4 PM. All other classes are from 1 PM – 4 PM.

Registration is required ($45). If you have any questions or need assistance registering, please contact Pat Hill, Care Coordinator - Discipleship. If registration fills, you will be added to a waiting list.

“Blessed to Be a Blessing” T-Shirts

What a rewarding weekend we shared during our New Covenant Blessed to Be a Blessing Service Day! It was so inspiring to see so many of you out in the community, serving and shining brightly in your orange shirts.

We’d love for our online worshippers to join in the fun too! You can purchase a “Blessed to Be a Blessing” t-shirt and help spread kindness wherever you are. Snap a photo of yourself wearing your shirt in your community and send it our way – we’d love to feature our extended New Covenant family living out this message near and far.

T-shirts are just $20 each. Let’s keep showing the world how we are truly blessed to be a blessing! To order a shirt, please contact Ashley Hill using the button below. (We are out of large shirts.) 

Please click on the link to send your photos to Ashley Hill. Thank you.

Weekly Prayer Concerns

The Prayer Quilts on the Altar are for:

David, a child who has stage-4 liver cancer.

Prayer quilts are made by a dedicated group in our church and throughout our community who envision the quilts being a special gift of love for people experiencing life-changing challenges. If you would like to order a prayer quilt, please click the button below.

Our prayers, love, and sympathy are extended to...

Sandy Fuller, family and friends the passing of her husband, David Fuller.

The family and friends of Harry Parham on his passing.

Altar Flowers

Our Altar Flowers are in memory of Dr. Robert Mark (Bob) McBain.

Flower orders must be received by noon on Tuesday for flowers to be delivered that weekend. To place an order for altar flowers online, please use the button below.